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Luxians on Snow

Article VII of the Charter requires that every child of the Realm be taught to ski, at no cost, before the seventh winter. Luxians on Snow, founded by Zevi Abselet II in 2021, is how the Realm keeps that article, and it is the reason the national sport is national.

Luxians on the slopes at Cinder Peak
Luxians on Snow at Cinder Peak.

The program

  • Every child by seven. Lessons at the family slopes above Valdoria and at the four resorts, from the age of four, free, with skis and boots lent by the Realm.
  • Every school on skis. Schools in all five regions ski on Saturdays from December to March; the Council does not sit and neither do the classrooms.
  • Every adult who wants to. Free lessons for any citizen at any age. A citizen naturalized in adulthood is offered a season at the family slopes.
  • The Realm Ski Pass. Every citizen holds one, valid at all four resorts for life.

Ski Saturdays

The oldest part of the program is older than the program. The Council of the Peaks has not sat on a winter Saturday since 1723, and the custom spread from the Council to the whole Realm. On Ski Saturdays the offices on Charter Square close at noon and the lifts run until dark.

The instructors

Sentinels off duty, racers, and any Luxian who has passed the instructors' descent, a timed run of the family slopes. The High Warden teaches one class a season himself, on the slopes where he learned.

Why

Zevi the Great surveyed the Realm on skis, and the five valleys had moved on skis for as long as anyone recorded. The Realm was never going to be a country that drove; it was always going to be a country that skied. Luxians on Snow makes sure it stays one.

Skada ovar

The snow endures. Every Luxian learns it by seven, and the Realm skis every Saturday of the winter.